Right now, there are a few governmental moves concerning international shipping that should pique U.S. shippers’ interest. First, the Federal Maritime ...
On Friday, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) served its initial decision, fining Hapag-Lloyd over $800,000 for violating the Shipping Act by ...
Shippers have more fees – or at least faster racking-up fees – to worry about at the Port of New York and New Jersey. Michael Angell reports in the ...
While the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) seems to still be figuring out how to enforce the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA), it seems more ...
Shippers have long complained about unfair detention and demurrage fees at the ports. A particular point of contention is getting charged for days when ...
As always, we here at Universal Cargo are keeping an eye on international shipping news, so you don’t have to. Two big items in shipping news right now ...
Introduction We’re still only beginning to see how the changes to U.S. shipping law will affect businesses’ imports and exports as well as carriers’ ...
Importers can thank goodness that their freight rates and international shipping costs are generally on par with pre-COVID levels and behaviors. To say ...
Introduction We’re still only beginning to see how the recent and ongoing changes to U.S. shipping law will affect businesses’ imports and exports as ...
Earlier this week, on the 26th of February, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)issued its final rules for demurrage and detention billing. The ...